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they decided to pass and sign into law a new emergency manager law to replace the one that the voters just killed. except this new one can't be killed by the voters. what's that you say? the will of the who now? i'm sorry, have we met? you know those really funny videos about the honey badger and about how the honey badger don't give a bleep? michigan republicans are the honey badgers of politics. they do not give a bleep. because michigan republicans do not care what anyone thinks of them, certainly not the press, but apparently also not the voters, michigan is my personal nominee. michigan is my nominee for the one state that is shameless enough to actually do what a whole host of other states finally today are starting to get too embarrassed to go ahead with. usually the outlier in american normal politics is florida, right? florida's generally considered to be our weird state. florida is so weird that on the home page of weird, fark.com, the site is divided into sections like sad, strange, weird, scary, or florida. you can click on the florida tag and you just get the stuff that i
they decided to pass and sign into law a new emergency manager law to replace the one that the voters just killed. except this new one can't be killed by the voters. what's that you say? the will of the who now? i'm sorry, have we met? you know those really funny videos about the honey badger and about how the honey badger don't give a bleep? michigan republicans are the honey badgers of politics. they do not give a bleep. because michigan republicans do not care what anyone thinks of them,...
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i don't want to be considered part of that, but i will sign it into law. that is exactly the way that governor bob mcdonnell played it a year ago when virginia republicans got themselves nationally famous with their bill forcing unwanted and medically unnecessary ultra sounds on virginia women, right? bob mcdonnell did the same deal back then. he expressed surprise. what is this you are doing in the legislature, fellow republicans. i certainly did not expect this. this is not my priority. don't associate me with this. and then he signed it, thus earning himself the national nickname ever more of governor ultrasound. same deal. what is this? what are you doing there? i definitely don't want to be famous for that. democrats in the virginia capital tell us that if the surprised gerrymandering bill passes and the governor does sign it, they will ask the courts to declare it unconstitutional. but meanwhile, virginia republicans are also pushing a bill that would also change the state's rules for electing a president. based on the congressional maps that virgini
i don't want to be considered part of that, but i will sign it into law. that is exactly the way that governor bob mcdonnell played it a year ago when virginia republicans got themselves nationally famous with their bill forcing unwanted and medically unnecessary ultra sounds on virginia women, right? bob mcdonnell did the same deal back then. he expressed surprise. what is this you are doing in the legislature, fellow republicans. i certainly did not expect this. this is not my priority. don't...
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decided to pass and sign into law a new emergency manager law. this new one can't be killed by the voters. what's that you say? the will of the who? have we met? you know the funny videos about the honey badgers and how they don't give a [ bleep ]. michigan republicans do not care what anything thinks of them, certainly not the press, and apparently not the voters, michigan, my personal nominee for the one state that is shameless enough to actually do what a whole host of other states finally today are starting to get too embarrassed to go ahead with. usually the outliar in american normal politics is florida, right? florida is usually the weird state. sad, scary, and florida. you click on the florida tab, and you only get the stuff that starts with florida. if the headline starts with naked florida man and doctors unable to determine what drugs he's on, welcome to your new found celebrity status. that's the story of a naked burglar, a karnie, i will let you reed it yourself. instead of reading it on tv. okay? we expect to read this on florida. n
decided to pass and sign into law a new emergency manager law. this new one can't be killed by the voters. what's that you say? the will of the who? have we met? you know the funny videos about the honey badgers and how they don't give a [ bleep ]. michigan republicans do not care what anything thinks of them, certainly not the press, and apparently not the voters, michigan, my personal nominee for the one state that is shameless enough to actually do what a whole host of other states finally...
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well, in addition to the white house meetings with law enforcement and the speeches and the roundtable discussions in places like richmond, and in addition to all of that stuff, the way the white house has said that they were going to try to get around what has made this too heavy of a lift for previous presidents is that they said they were going to play the outside game. they were going to go outside washington. they were going to get the grassroots involved. specifically, they were going to bring the president's 2012 campaign apparatus to bear on this really important and difficult policy issue. as nbc's michael isikoff reported, they have given over the database to the new advocacy group organizing for action. organizing for action is being run by the heavyweights of president obama's 2012 reelection campaign. their stated goal is to use the apparatus and the contact list and the volunteer energy that got president obama reelected, use that to get his agenda passed in his second term. nobody has ever done this before. but the obama folks are doing it. they have now started that eff
well, in addition to the white house meetings with law enforcement and the speeches and the roundtable discussions in places like richmond, and in addition to all of that stuff, the way the white house has said that they were going to try to get around what has made this too heavy of a lift for previous presidents is that they said they were going to play the outside game. they were going to go outside washington. they were going to get the grassroots involved. specifically, they were going to...
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our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are recognized as equal under the law. he is talking about doma, the supreme court argument to come. he is surrounded by the supreme court right this. and he talked about stonewall. talking about stonewall in an inaugural address, i was really profoundly moved by that. this is not just saying okay, these people helped elect me. this is saying this is a commitment. we're expanding the vision of dr. martin luther king jr. and we're talking about equal rights for all of us. he is talking about seneca falls. he is talking about women's rights and equal pay. and this was a very forward-looking, progressive, inclusive speech. >> i will say as a gay person that i am used to gay people being name checked in speeches, put in a list of demographic groups that you want to shout out to recognize that we exist, which is always nice. but to have the president articulate why the fight, the continuing struggle, the not at all settled struggle for equal rights is an american project, and to have that delivered from the inaugural lectern wa
our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are recognized as equal under the law. he is talking about doma, the supreme court argument to come. he is surrounded by the supreme court right this. and he talked about stonewall. talking about stonewall in an inaugural address, i was really profoundly moved by that. this is not just saying okay, these people helped elect me. this is saying this is a commitment. we're expanding the vision of dr. martin luther king jr. and we're...
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it passed and bill clinton signed it into law. it was a practical framework set in motion. and because they did that, today something else that wasn't pointless was able to happen in government. a panel issued recommendations on what america should do with the chimps that we should have in captivity. all but 50 of the 350 chimpanzees that we have across the country. part of the reason we should set them free is because we can. we have in fact chimphaven in louisiana. we have the chimp act. the chimps will be kept for research purposes and housed in spacious conditions in groups of at least seven. if there is research done on the chimps who will remain for research there will be high bars for what it will reveal. you have to show there is potential for that research to be beneficial for that research. six out of every seven should be retired. now they have to make room for a big expansion. because here comes chimps. concerned advocacy about how
it passed and bill clinton signed it into law. it was a practical framework set in motion. and because they did that, today something else that wasn't pointless was able to happen in government. a panel issued recommendations on what america should do with the chimps that we should have in captivity. all but 50 of the 350 chimpanzees that we have across the country. part of the reason we should set them free is because we can. we have in fact chimphaven in louisiana. we have the chimp act. the...
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i know the white house is looking at those kinds of things, labor law. larry cohen was talking about some of this earlier, the ed show. i am hopeful the white house sees a path to move the country forward. >> do you think immigration and gun reform, which the president has put forward as it first. for the first term that they can move in the senate? >> i think immigration can move in the senate. a number of things we can get in the senate because we have a way of getting over the 60 votes or speeding up the process. the house still doesn't move on it, so perhaps immigration gets through this. if it doesn't get through the house, the president will use executive powers that he has. it isn't ever as good invoking the executive powers, executive orders and other things. it will be pretty hard. there will be a lot of public pressure, as the president pushes us. i think they will use the next four years, use the bully pulpit. the republicans are going to say he is out campaigning. i think he is pushing his agenda. he needs to go over the heads of republicans
i know the white house is looking at those kinds of things, labor law. larry cohen was talking about some of this earlier, the ed show. i am hopeful the white house sees a path to move the country forward. >> do you think immigration and gun reform, which the president has put forward as it first. for the first term that they can move in the senate? >> i think immigration can move in the senate. a number of things we can get in the senate because we have a way of getting over the 60...
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it passed and bill clinton signed it into law. it was a practical framework set in motion. and because they did that, today something else
it passed and bill clinton signed it into law. it was a practical framework set in motion. and because they did that, today something else
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>> oh, our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded. >> jan, i call upon you today to say that there are no beheadings. that was a false statement, and it needs to be cleared up right now. >> and you know, terry, i will call you out. i think that you ought to renounce your support and endorsement of the unions. >> brewer, why wouldn't you recant the comment you made earlier about the beheadings in the desert? >> seriously, that's a serious question, governor. >> this was an interesting evening tonight. >> governor, please answer the question about the headless bodies. why won't you recant that? do you still believe that? come on, governor. >> okay, thank you, all. >> governor! >> come on. >> governor jan brewer, republican of arizona. always worth watching. wants a third term. today in washington, a bipartisan group of four democratic senators and four republican senators unveiled what they say is a viable bipartisan, widely accepted specific policy prescription for the country finally being able to do something
>> oh, our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded. >> jan, i call upon you today to say that there are no beheadings. that was a false statement, and it needs to be cleared up right now. >> and you know, terry, i will call you out. i think that you ought to renounce your support and endorsement of the unions. >> brewer, why wouldn't you recant the comment you made earlier about the beheadings...
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there was no law banning women from specific jobs in the military, but there was a defense department policy that said women could not serve in units whose primary mission was to engage in direct combat on the ground. so that has been the rule. no women in combat. that's the rule. supposedly. as if. >> well, i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. >> that's illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth, a blackhawk pilot who lost both legs in iraq. technically she was not engaged in ground warfare because she was flying the aircraft and it was only the people shooting her down on the ground. do you really want to split hairs with her about whether or not that count as combat? in the wars and iraq and afghanistan, defining what counts as a combat role and what does not count as a combat role has been a fool's errand from the beginning. in those wars over the past decade, 61 american women have been killed in iraq in combat by hostile action. and in afghanistan, where the war is still going on, so far 23 american women have been killed in combat by hostile action.omen have been wounded in action
there was no law banning women from specific jobs in the military, but there was a defense department policy that said women could not serve in units whose primary mission was to engage in direct combat on the ground. so that has been the rule. no women in combat. that's the rule. supposedly. as if. >> well, i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. >> that's illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth, a blackhawk pilot who lost both legs in iraq. technically she was not engaged in ground...